Racemization as a stereochemical measure of dynamics and robustness in shape-shifting organic molecules.

abstract：:Plants, as sessile organisms, must coordinate various physiological processes to adapt to ever-changing surrounding environments. Stomata, the epidermal pores facilitating gas and water exchange, play important roles in optimizing photosynthetic efficiency and adaptability. Stomatal development is under the control of...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Zhang JY,He SB,Li L,Yang HQ

更新日期：2014-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Antagonists of growth hormone-releasing hormone (GH-RH) inhibit the growth of various tumors through mechanisms that involve the suppression of the insulin-like growth factor I and/or insulin-like growth factor II levels or secretion. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that the tumor inhibition is associat...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Kiaris H,Schally AV

更新日期：1999-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In Caenorhabditis elegans, pre-mRNA for the essential splicing factor U2AF65 sometimes is spliced to produce an RNA that includes an extra 216-bp internal exon, exon 3. Inclusion of exon 3 inserts an in-frame stop codon, yet this RNA is not subject to SMG-mediated RNA surveillance. To test whether exon 3 causes RNA to...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： MacMorris MA,Zorio DA,Blumenthal T

更新日期：1999-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribosome crystal structures have revealed that two small subunit proteins, S9 and S13, have C-terminal tails, which, together with several features of 16S rRNA, contact the anticodon stem-loop of P-site tRNA. To test the functional importance of these protein tails, we created genomic deletions of the C-terminal regio...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Hoang L,Fredrick K,Noller HF

更新日期：2004-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca2+, pheromones, sweet taste compounds, and the main neurotransmitters glutamate and gamma-aminobutyric acid activate G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) that constitute the GPCR family 3. These receptors are dimers, and each subunit has a large extracellular domain called a Venus flytrap module (VFTM), where agonist...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Bessis AS,Rondard P,Gaven F,Brabet I,Triballeau N,Prezeau L,Acher F,Pin JP

更新日期：2002-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A yeast gene has been identified by screening for DNA replication mutants using a permeabilized cell replication assay. The mutant is temperature sensitive for growth and shows a cell cycle phenotype typical of DNA replication mutants. RNA synthesis is normal in the mutant but DNA synthesis ceases upon shift to the no...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Budd ME,Campbell JL

更新日期：1995-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against purified human placental insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) receptors were prepared and characterized. Three IgG mAbs were specific for the human IGF-I receptor and displayed negligible crossreactivity with the human insulin receptor. They stimulated 125I-labeled IGF-I (125I-IGF-...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Xiong L,Kasuya J,Li SL,Kato J,Fujita-Yamaguchi Y

更新日期：1992-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The larger structures are, the lower their mechanical strength. Already discussed by Leonardo da Vinci and Edmé Mariotte several centuries ago, size effects on strength remain of crucial importance in modern engineering for the elaboration of safety regulations in structural design or the extrapolation of laboratory r...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Weiss J,Girard L,Gimbert F,Amitrano D,Vandembroucq D

更新日期：2014-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete amino acid sequence for human erythrocyte band 4.2 has been derived from the nucleotide sequence of a full-length 2.35-kilobase (kb) cDNA. The 2.35-kb cDNA was isolated from a human reticulocyte cDNA library made in the expression vector lambda gt11. Of the 2348 base pairs (bp), 2073 bp encode 691 amino a...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Korsgren C,Lawler J,Lambert S,Speicher D,Cohen CM

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytogenetic analysis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells has accelerated the identification of genes important for AML pathogenesis. To complement cytogenetic studies and to identify genes altered in AML genomes, we performed genome-wide copy number analysis with paired normal and tumor DNA obtained from 86 adult pa...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Walter MJ,Payton JE,Ries RE,Shannon WD,Deshmukh H,Zhao Y,Baty J,Heath S,Westervelt P,Watson MA,Tomasson MH,Nagarajan R,O'Gara BP,Bloomfield CD,Mrózek K,Selzer RR,Richmond TA,Kitzman J,Geoghegan J,Eis PS,Maupin R,

更新日期：2009-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Cysteine site-directed mutagenesis was used to create variants of Escherichia coli ribosomal protein L7/L12 that have single cysteine substitutions, at residues 63 or 89, located in different exposed loops in the structure of the globular C-terminal domain indicated by the crystallographic structure. That structure sh...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Oleinikov AV,Jokhadze GG,Traut RR

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA library prepared from human liver has been screened for factor IX (Christmas factor), a clotting factor that participates in the middle phase of blood coagulation. The library was screened with a single-stranded DNA prepared from enriched mRNA for baboon factor IX and a synthetic oligonucleotide mixture. A plas...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Kurachi K,Davie EW

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hyal-1 locus, which we have previously described and mapped to mouse chromosome 9, influences the serum levels and molecular weight forms of hyaluronidase. We have also shown that the growth of two transplantable tumors, the 3LL carcinoma and the B16F10 melanoma, is influenced by the alleles at Hyal-1, in that the...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： De Maeyer-Guignard J,Lauret E,Eusèbe L,De Maeyer E

更新日期：1993-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Seemingly similar individuals often experience drastically different success trajectories, with some repeatedly failing and others consistently succeeding. One explanation is preexisting variability along unobserved fitness dimensions that is revealed gradually through differential achievement. Alternatively, positive...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： van de Rijt A,Kang SM,Restivo M,Patil A

更新日期：2014-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multigenic autoimmune disease, and the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II polymorphism serves as a key genetic element. In SLE-prone (NZB x NZW)F(1) mice, the MHC H-2(d/z) heterozygosity (H-2(d) of NZB and H-2(z) of NZW) has a strong impact on disease; thus, congeni...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Zhang D,Fujio K,Jiang Y,Zhao J,Tada N,Sudo K,Tsurui H,Nakamura K,Yamamoto K,Nishimura H,Shira T,Hirose S

更新日期：2004-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen receptors (ERs) protect pancreatic islet survival in mice through rapid extranuclear actions. ERalpha also enhances insulin synthesis in cultured islets. Whether ERalpha stimulates insulin synthesis in vivo and, if so, through which mechanism(s) remain largely unknown. To address these issues, we generated a ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Wong WP,Tiano JP,Liu S,Hewitt SC,Le May C,Dalle S,Katzenellenbogen JA,Katzenellenbogen BS,Korach KS,Mauvais-Jarvis F

更新日期：2010-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation and vascular injury triggered by ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) represent a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in a number of clinical settings. Wnt and its homolog partners R-spondins, in addition to regulating embryonic development have recently been demonstrated to serve as wound-healing agents in in...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Kannan L,Kis-Toth K,Yoshiya K,Thai TH,Sehrawat S,Mayadas TN,Dalle Lucca JJ,Tsokos GC

更新日期：2013-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Paleogenetics is an emerging field that resurrects ancestral proteins from now-extinct organisms to test, in the laboratory, models of protein function based on natural history and Darwinian evolution. Here, we resurrect digestive alcohol dehydrogenases (ADH4) from our primate ancestors to explore the history of prima...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Carrigan MA,Uryasev O,Frye CB,Eckman BL,Myers CR,Hurley TD,Benner SA

更新日期：2015-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In a medium without Na+, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) binds at 0 degrees to freshly prepared crude synaptic membranes from rat cerebral cortex with an apparent dissociation constant of 218 nM. An endogenous inhibitor of the Na+-independent GABA binding was removed from these membranes by freezing and thawing and by ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Toffano G,Guidotti A,Costa E

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Residents in the marine intertidal, the zone where terrestrial and marine habitats converge, inhabit an environment that is subject to both the 24-h day and night daily rhythm of the terrestrial earth and also the 12.4-h ebb and flow of the tidal cycle. Here, we investigate the relative contribution of the daily and t...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Connor KM,Gracey AY

更新日期：2011-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently found that the beta-adrenergic agonist 1-isoproterenol evokes a rapid (less than 5 min) Ca2+- and receptor-dependent stimulation of endocytosis, hexose transport, and amino acid transport in mouse renal cortex involving proximal tubule cells. This response is associated with increased Ca2+ fluxes and a mob...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Koenig H,Goldstone AD,Lu CY

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial outer membrane porins have a robust beta-barrel structure and therefore show potential for use as stochastic sensors based on single-molecule detection. The monomeric porin OmpG is especially attractive compared with multisubunit proteins because appropriate modifications of the pore can be easily achieved b...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Chen M,Khalid S,Sansom MS,Bayley H

更新日期：2008-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of metabolic depletion on the maturation-associated loss of membrane functions has been studied by using sheep reticulocytes incubated in vitro at 37 degrees C for periods up to 41 hr. ATP was either maintained with glucose, adenosine plus inosine, or depleted with 2-deoxyglucose plus arsenate. Two membrane...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Weigensberg AM,Blostein R

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For most intracellular structures with larger than molecular dimensions, little is known about the connection between underlying molecular activities and higher order organization such as size and shape. Here, we show that both the size and shape of the amphibian oocyte nucleolus ultimately arise because nucleoli beha...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Brangwynne CP,Mitchison TJ,Hyman AA

更新日期：2011-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs are predicted to regulate approximately 30% of all human genes by targeting sequences in their 3' UTR. Polymorphisms in 3' UTR of several genes have been reported to affect gene expression, but the mechanism is not fully understood. Here, we demonstrate that 829C-->T, a naturally occurring SNP, near the miR-...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Mishra PJ,Humeniuk R,Mishra PJ,Longo-Sorbello GS,Banerjee D,Bertino JR

更新日期：2007-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:All decisions, whether they are personal, public, or business-related, are based on the decision maker's beliefs and values. Science can and should help decision makers by shaping their beliefs. Unfortunately, science is not easily accessible to decision makers, and scientists often do not understand decision makers' ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： von Winterfeldt D

更新日期：2013-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The T cell alphabeta receptor (TCR) recognizes foreign peptide antigens bound to proteins encoded in the MHC. The MHC portion of this complex contributes much to the footprint of the TCR on the ligand, yet T cells are usually very specific for individual foreign peptides. Here, we show that the development of peptide-...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Huseby ES,Crawford F,White J,Kappler J,Marrack P

更新日期：2003-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear LIM domain protein LMO2, a T cell oncoprotein, is essential for embryonic erythropoiesis. LIM-only proteins are presumed to act primarily through protein-protein interactions. We, and others, have identified a widely expressed protein, Ldb1, whose C-terminal 76-residues are sufficient to mediate interactio...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Visvader JE,Mao X,Fujiwara Y,Hahm K,Orkin SH

更新日期：1997-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracts of wheat chloroplasts contain a poly(A) polymerase which can polymerize AMP residues from ATP onto an RNA primer. Whole extracts of wheat leaves also contain another poly(A) polymerase which is present in much larger amount and is probably derived from the nuclei. Both polymerases can utilize as primer poly(A...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Burkard G,Keller EB

更新日期：1974-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sialic acid-recognizing Ig-like lectins (Siglecs) are signaling receptors that modulate immune responses, and are targeted for interactions by certain pathogens. We describe two primate Siglecs that were rendered nonfunctional by single genetic events during hominin evolution after our common ancestor with the chimpan...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Wang X,Mitra N,Secundino I,Banda K,Cruz P,Padler-Karavani V,Verhagen A,Reid C,Lari M,Rizzi E,Balsamo C,Corti G,De Bellis G,Longo L,NISC Comparative Sequencing Program.,Beggs W,Caramelli D,Tishkoff SA,Hayakawa T,Gree

更新日期：2012-06-19 00:00:00